Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 hi all.... i smoked 3 packs a day for 40 years and smoked my last one in july of 98 while waiting for an ambulance cause i could no longer breath... nicotine gum did the trick for me.....plus a lot of fear when i couldnt get a breath of air...... and, i to have been told not to ever drink again....managed 10 months,,,,but being alone all the time finally took its toll....i didnt know anywhere else to go so i find myself in the american legion once or twice a week drinking a few bottles of beer...doesnt seem to be many other places to go for conversation out here in the sticks.....so,,,c'est levie.....hopefully if i dont go overboard with the beer ill survive a while longer.... just venting,,,,,,, bob in pa --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by IAS, an Archiventure Company] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 i hear ya sue,,,, we all find ways to justify what we do, whether it be what we should do rather than what we should not do.... and you are right about the time......it seems to fly when having fun.... bob in pa........ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by IAS, an Archiventure Company] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 Guin - I can't imagine watching someone get continuously zapped knowing it won't help. I have put in writing that under certain circumstances, I want my ICD turned off and to be taken off of anti-arrhythmics. That may be really morbid, but I discussed some of my concerns with my cardiologist, and she understood and said I should make that a part of my living will. So I did. I believe my family and my doctor would honor my wishes. Sue, I share some of your frustration (on the other hand, I share some of your husband's characteristics). My husband, at the age of 51, was diagnosed with bladder cancer about 16 months ago. They were able to remove all of the tumors, but the doctor said as long as he smokes it will more than likely recur. He still smokes. But as a heavy smoker for 25 years (I quit seven years ago), I know how hard it is to quit, and understand he would like to, he just hasn't found his way how. I, on the other hand, having suffered an MI, a cardiac arrest, having the defibrillator, and I'm only 48, still drink alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 Janet ..... > as long as he smokes it will more than likely recur. He still > smokes. But as a heavy smoker for 25 years (I quit seven years ago), > I know how hard it is to quit, and understand he would like to, he > just hasn't found his way how. I, on the other hand, having suffered > an MI, a cardiac arrest, having the defibrillator, and I'm only 48, > still drink alcohol. > > Thanks for sharing that. I suppose then that alcohol isn't > necessarily the 'good thing' that recent studies > allege, if one already has problems? > You brought up a good point about the continuous zaps. I wonder why > that hospital staff didn't just turn > off the elderly gent's ICD, when the end approached, rather than > suggesting its removal? > Sue -- " She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. " -- Mark Twain Rich and Sue Owens http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Meadows/7457/index3.html http://www.nothnbut.net/~reo77/aurora.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 Bob..... > twice a week drinking a few bottles of beer...doesnt seem to be many > other > places to go for conversation out here in the sticks.....so,,,c'est > levie.....hopefully if i dont go overboard with the beer ill survive a > > while longer.... That's what Rich says, too. I'm gone all day from 9:30a till 7 or 8p. We live in a rural area too, no one much around to talk to fer sure. So he drives up to the local bar for 'some company'. I can understand that. Just wish he'd order soda, or find some social group to join, or something less unhealthy. And ya know how 'bar time' goes. He sez he's there 'just for a little while'.... the 'little while' being from 11a or so till 2 or 3p. I KNOW how much beer he can drink in 3-4 hrs. Sue (needs to get on day shift and be back home by 1p) > > > just venting,,,,,,, > -- " She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot. " -- Mark Twain Rich and Sue Owens http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Meadows/7457/index3.html http://www.nothnbut.net/~reo77/aurora.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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